- present tense form of captivate (3rd person singular).
captivates
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With arenas such as the Cardiff City Stadium and Principality Stadium mentioned as potential future venues for Price fights, an eye-catching rivalry which captivates a worldwide audience would take her career to new heights.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The mythic dimension may be missing here, but Holmes darkly captivates within the narrower compass of this energizing revival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
It’s Wembanyama’s size that captivates most of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The music still instantly captivates, even if whole swaths of the audience won’t be familiar with the original songs, impudently rewritten for the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
They remain aloof from the modern temptation that captivates many in America’s middle class: the temptation to relieve the anonymity of public life by trying to make it intimate.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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